[boost] Re: FSM Review

From: Alexander Nasonov (alnsn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-06 11:29:21

Iain K. Hanson wrote:
> I'd love to see a DSL ( Domain Specific Language ) for state charts that
> generated Alexsey style FSMs with states able to be defined in seperate
> compilation units. This would solve the scaleabilty problems.

If you're talking about this
http://boost-consulting.com/boost/libs/mpl/example/fsm/player2.cpp
then there is nothing to put in separate TUs because states are numbers.
Probably, you mixed states up with transitions.
This is more a problem of proposed Boost.FSM then yours. In my opition,
too many things are put in state definition and too much a user has to
remember:

1 curiously recurring template pattern
2 forward declaration of events
3 state context
4 transitions and other reactions
5 other advanced features (only for advanced user)

I think some of them should be defined somewhere else.
-- 
Alexander Nasonov